Takanotsume
Heirloom pepper
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- -
- Days to maturity
- 75-95 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hawk's Claw | Synonym |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Santaka
Two Japanese drying chiles of similar type, routinely substituted for one another in the seed trade.
Origin & history
The Japanese 'hawk's claw', a small upright chile dried whole and used in ichimi and shichimi togarashi and in simmered dishes.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-95 days | |
| Scoville heat | 40,000-50,000 SHU |
Against the rest of the pepper database
Where this variety sits among every pepper we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 55% of the 252 peppers we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
hotter than 79% of the 249 peppers we hold a figure for.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See pepper diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Facing Heaven
75-95 days
- heirloom
Santaka
75-95 days
- heirloom
Chinese Five Color
70-90 days
- heirloom
Tabaquero
80-100 days
- heirloom
Ají Cito
100-130 days
- heirloom
Ají Pineapple
100-120 days
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog